Two Linuses and the Fun in Technology
A listener named Daniel asked two questions: who models technology as something playful rather than something to be mastered, and how do you keep the magic when deep technical work stops feeling fun? This episode works through both — comparing Linus Torvalds' invisible, load-bearing infrastructure with Linus Sebastian's filmed, messy process, and examining what actually makes on-camera camaraderie feel real (and what it cost). Then the harder half: what AI coding tools have restored for practitioners who'd given up on programming, and the dissenting voices who say the fun has been taken…
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